SACRAMENTO - REPORTING FATALITIES: Fed-OSHA has announced a final rule that requires employers to report orally within eight hours any occupational fatality or catastrophe involving in-patient hospitalization of three or more workers. The previous federal deadline was 48 hours, and unless five or more employees were hospitalized, no report was necessary.Under the rule, the employer must report by telephone or in person to OSHA's nearest area office or by calling 1-800-321-OSHA, OSHA's toll-free hotl
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